A short list of relevant references, suggestions for additions are welcome

Baugh, Timothy G. and Jonathon E. Ericson (editors)
1994 Prehistoric exchange systems in North America. Plenum Press, New York.

Brooks, S. O.
1997 Source of volcanic glass for ancient Andean tools. Nature 376:449-450.

Burger, R. and F. Asaro
1977 Trace element analysis of obsidian artifacts from the Andes : new perspectives on pre-hispanic economic interaction in Peru and Bolivia. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley.

Burger, R. L.
1998 The Alca Obsidian Source: The origin of raw material for Cuzco Type obsidian artifacts. Andean Past 5:185-202.
2001 The Puzolana Obsidian Source: Locating the Geologic Source of Ayacucho Type Obsidian. Andean Past 6:289-307.

Burger, R. L., F. Asaro, G. Salas and F. Stross
1998 The Chivay obsidian source and the geological origin of Titicaca Basin type obsidian artifacts. Andean Past 5:203-223.

Burger, R. L. and M. D. Glascock
2000 Locating the Quispisisa Obsidian source in the department of Ayacucho, Peru. Latin American Antiquity 11(3):258-268.

Burger, R. L., K. L. Mohr Chavez and S. J. Chavez
2000 Through the glass darkly: Prehispanic obsidian procurement and exchange in southern Peru and northern Bolivia. Journal of World Prehistory 14(3):267-362.

Burger, R. L., K. J. Schreiber, M. D. Glascock and J. Ccencho
1998 The Jampatilla Obsidian Source: Identifying the Geological Source of Pampas Type Obsidian Artifacts from Southern Peru. Andean Past 5:225-239.

Chavez, S. J.
1989 Archaeological reconnaisssance in the Province of Chumbivilcas, south highland Peru. Expedition 30(3):27-38.

Earle, Timothy K. and Jonathon E. Ericson (editors)
1977 Exchange systems in prehistory. Academic Press, New York.

Ericson, Jonathon E. and Timothy K. Earle (editors)
1982 Contexts for Prehistoric Exchange. Academic Press, New York.

Ericson, Jonathon E. and Barbara A. Purdy (editors)
1984 Prehistoric quarries and lithic production. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Glascock, M. D., G. E. Braswell and R. H. Cobean
1998 A systematic approach to obsidian source characterization. In Archaeological obsidian studies : method and theory, edited by M. S. Shackley, pp. 15-64. Advances in archaeological and museum science, vol. 3. Plenum Press, New York.

Jennings, J. and M. D. Glascock
2002 Description and method of exploitation of the Alca obsidian source, Peru. Latin American Antiquity 13(1):107-118.

Klink, C. and Aldenderfer, M.
2005 A Projectile Point Chronology for the South-Central Andean Highlands. In Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology - 1, edited by C. Stanish, A. Cohen, and M. Aldenderfer. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles, California.

Shackley, M. S. (editor)
1998 Archaeological Obsidian Studies : Method and Theory. Plenum Press, New York.

Shackley, M. S.
1998 Gamma Rays, X-Rays and Stone Tools: Some Recent Advances in Archaeological Geochemistry. Journal of Archaeological Science 25:259-270.

Torrence, R.
1986 Production and exchange of stone tools : prehistoric odsidian in the Aegean. New studies in archaeology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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